“My Wife Knew When We Met That I Was A Homeless Stranger; I Wore Borrowed Shoes And Borrowed Clothes And She Was Aware”-Nigerian Speaker Shares Love Story As He Marks Wife’s Birthday

Dr. Charles Apoki is a Nigerian medical doctor, ordained clergyman, author, and conference speaker. He is widely known for his motivational speaking and teachings on entrepreneurship, personal finance, and Christian living.

He recently went down memory lane sharing his love story as he celebrates wife’s birthday.

Sharing a throwback photo Dr. Charles recounts meeting his wife at the University of Ibadan, say his wife knew when she met him that he was a homeless stranger; who wore borrowed shoes and borrowed clothes yet she agreed to marry him, comparing her with the genz girls of today. He wondered why his wife was never discouraged and went further to plead with everyone to pray for her as she celebrated her birthday.

In his words:

“This picture is about 44 years old. It was taken in 1981 when I was 22 and she was 20. We went to visit the University of Ibadan Zoo. We took this Polaroid picture on our way back.

Memories are like diamonds.

My wife knew when we met that I was a homeless stranger; I wore borrowed shoes and borrowed clothes and she was aware.

Why did she agree to marry me?

I even deceived her that I was a northerner, hence Apoki, but she did not bother.

When she first met my parents before they moved to my village, Otokutu, they were living in a mud house at Okere, a ghetto with no electricity, pipe-borne water, toilets. There was literally nothing to excite today’s young girls. My father was a security man in Idama Hotel, then, and we used to go visit him in the gatehouse.

Why was she not discouraged?

Please pray for that girl, celebrating her birthday today, that had faith in a homeless stranger, Pastor Mrs. Felicia Apoki, that she will live long to eat the fruits of her risk in marrying a rascal then.

Source: Dr Charles Apoki’s

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